Supreme Court On LG Autonomy: FG Constitutes Enforcement Committee

By Ayodele Oni

The Federal Government has constituted an inter-ministerial committee to enforce the Supreme Court judgement on local governments autonomy.

Performing the ceremony, the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), George Akume, stated that the committee is made up of ten members.

A statement on Tuesday by Segun Imohiosen Director, Information in the DFF office revealed that Akume will head the ten member committee.

Other members of the committee are  Ministers of Finance & Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Attorney General of the Federation & Minister of Justice, Budget & Economic Planning and Accountant General of the Federation.

Others are Governor, Central Bank of Nigeria, Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Finance; Chairman, Revenue Mobilization Allocation & Fiscal Commission, Representative of State Governors as well as Representative of Local Governments.

The committee’s primary goal is to ensure that local governments are granted full autonomy, allow them to function effectively without interference from state governments.

“This move is in line with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR efforts to give appropriate implementation to the provisions of the Constitution, which recognizes local governments as the third tier of government.”